DE405 Lunar Ephemeris Calculator
Spanning the 600-Year Period From 1600 to 2200 on the Modern Gregorian Calendar
PHP Program by Jay Tanner - Based on the NASA/JPL DE405 Ephemeris Model
Calendar Date
Year / Month / Day
Time
hh:mm:ss
Date/Time Mode
LT | UT | TT
Local Time Zone Offset From UT
±hh:mm (Neg/Pos = West/East)
Local Time (
LT
) =
UT
Default Location:
America/New_York
- Your Local Latitude, Lonitude and Time Zone May be Different
Geographic Location Used For Local Topocentric Computations
14.6623 deg
Latitude
Deg.ddd or DMS (Neg=S)
Longitude
Deg.ddd or DMS (Neg=W)
Sea-Level Elevation
meters
QUICK DE405 LUNAR EPHEMERIS STATISTICS ---------------------------- DATE/TIME/MODE/ZONE/LOCATION Date = 2025 Oct 22 Wed Time = 16:39:22 LT Time Zone = UT-04:00 Delta T = +00:01:15 Latitude = +42.6764593 deg N = +42° 40' 35.25" Longitude = -76.8230111 deg W = -76° 49' 22.84" = -05h 07m 17.52s Elevation = +0.0 m JD TT = 2460971.36153936 = Working Julian Date on TT scale Phase Angle = 14.6623 deg Visual Phase = Waxing crescent, just past new moon Horizon Altitude = +14.136° ABOVE local horizon - Descending in SW Direction Azimuth = 222.732° = SW (N=0, E=90, S=180, W=270) ====================================================================== TIME LT LOCAL BASIC EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE -------- ------------------------------------ 07:30 Sunrise 08:42 Moonrise - Waxing crescent, just past new moon 18:13 Sunset 18:24 Moonset ====================================================================== GEOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES AND DISTANCE Right Ascension = 14h 42m 11.513s = 14.7031981 h = 220.5479715° Declination = -20° 14' 54.75" = -20.248541° Distance = 252257.402 mi = 405968.936 km Angular Diameter = 29' 26.18" = 29.43630' = 1766.18" = 0.4906050° Eq. Horiz. Parallax = 54' 00.74" = 0.9002050° = 54.01230' = 3240.74" Local Hour Angle = +02h 57m 15.10s = +2.9541943 h = +44.3129140° ----------------------------- TOPOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES Right Ascension = 14h 40m 12.015s = 14.6700041 h = 220.0500615° Declination = -20° 59' 04.05" = -20.984459° Radial Velocity = +34.44 km/h = +21.40 mi/h = Receding from Earth Orbital Velocity = 3500.06 km/h = 2174.83 mi/h OCTOBER 2025 - Lunar Quarter Phases, Apogees and Perigees For Time Zone UT-04:00 Applied NASA Delta T = +00:01:15 Date and Time LT Lunar Event --------------------- ----------------------------------- 2025 Oct 06 Mon 23:48 Full Moon = Phase 180 2025 Oct 08 Wed 08:38 Perigee 223581.15 mi = 359818.98 km 2025 Oct 13 Mon 14:13 Last Quarter Moon = Phase 270 2025 Oct 21 Tue 08:25 New Moon = Phase 0/360 2025 Oct 23 Thu 19:30 Apogee 252552.86 mi = 406444.43 km 2025 Oct 29 Wed 12:21 First Quarter Moon = Phase 90
EXTENDED DE405 LUNAR EPHEMERIS STATISTICS AND HOURLY TABLE Time Mode = LT Time Zone = UT-04:00 ---------------------------------------------------------- CALENDAR DATE TIME JULIAN DATE JD NUMBER --------------- ----------- ---------------- ----------- 2025 Oct 22 Wed 16:39:22 LT 2460971.19400463 2460971 LT -04:00:00 TZ -0.16666667 2025 Oct 22 Wed 20:39:22 UT 2460971.36067130 2460971 UT +00:01:15 dT +0.00086806 2025 Oct 22 Wed 20:40:37 TT 2460971.36153936 2460971 TT JD TT = 2460971.36153936 = Working Julian Date on TT scale Latitude = +42.6764593 deg N = +42° 40' 35.25" Longitude = -76.8230111 deg W = -76° 49' 22.84" = -05h 07m 17.52s Elevation = +0.0 m ----------- EARTH GEOID ρ × sin(φ') = +0.6743577407 ρ × cos(φ') = +0.7363265249 ---------------------- APPARENT SIDEREAL TIME Greenwich 22h 46m 44.13s = 22.7789264 h = 341.6838962 deg Local 17h 39m 26.61s = 17.6573923 h = 264.8608851 deg ================================================================= LUNAR POSITION, DISTANCE, PHASE AND LOCAL SUN/MOON RISE/SET TIMES Date = 2025 Oct 22 Wed Time = 16:39:22 LT Time Zone = UT-04:00 Delta T = +00:01:15 JD TT = 2460971.36153936 GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION Latitude = +42.6764593 deg N = +42° 40' 35.25" Longitude = -76.8230111 deg W = -76° 49' 22.84" = -05h 07m 17.52s Elevation = +0.0 m GEOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES Right Ascension = 14h 42m 11.513s = 14.7031981 h = 220.5479715° Declination = -20° 14' 54.75" = -20.248541° Distance = 252257.402 mi = 405968.936 km Phase Angle = 14.66230° Visual Phase = Waxing crescent, just past new moon Angular Diameter = 29' 26.18" = 29.43630' = 1766.18" = 0.4906050° Eq. Horiz. Parallax = 54' 00.74" = 0.9002050° = 54.01230' = 3240.74" Radial Velocity = +34.44 km/h = +21.40 mi/h = Receding from Earth Orbital Velocity = 3500.06 km/h = 2174.83 mi/h TOPOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES Right Ascension = 14h 40m 12.015s = 14.6700041 h = 220.0500615° Declination = -20° 59' 04.05" = -20.984459° Horizon Altitude = +14.136° ABOVE local horizon - Descending in SW Direction Azimuth = 222.732° = SW (N=0, E=90, S=180, W=270) Local Hour Angle = +02h 57m 15.10s = +2.9541943 h = +44.3129140° Light Time = 1.3271 sec = 1-way surface-to-surface = 2.6543 sec = 2-way surface-to-surface -------- ------------------------------------------------ TIME LT LOCAL EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR DATE 07:30 Sunrise 08:42 Moonrise - Waxing crescent, just past new moon 18:13 Sunset 18:24 Moonset ----------------------------------------------------------------- HOURLY GEOCENTRIC LUNAR COORDINATES, DISTANCE AND PHASE EPHEMERIS DATE = 2025 Oct 22 Wed LT TZ = UT-04:00 = Time Zone Offset From UT (Neg/Pos = West/East) dT = +00:01:15 = NASA Delta T estimate Table Origin for 00:00:00 LT of date = 2460970.66753473 TT LT hh RA Hrs Decl Deg Dist Km Dist Mi Phase Deg -- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------- -3 14.0690333 -16.598050 405073.722 251701.142 5.7359 -2 14.1007360 -16.795330 405129.410 251735.745 6.1909 -1 14.1324953 -16.991455 405184.048 251769.695 6.6459 00 14.1643118 -17.186408 405237.630 251802.989 7.1007 01 14.1961863 -17.380178 405290.151 251835.624 7.5555 02 14.2281193 -17.572749 405341.603 251867.595 8.0101 03 14.2601114 -17.764107 405391.981 251898.899 8.4646 04 14.2921632 -17.954238 405441.277 251929.530 8.9191 05 14.3242753 -18.143129 405489.487 251959.486 9.3734 06 14.3564483 -18.330763 405536.602 251988.762 9.8276 07 14.3886826 -18.517129 405582.617 252017.354 10.2817 08 14.4209789 -18.702211 405627.524 252045.258 10.7358 09 14.4533375 -18.885994 405671.317 252072.470 11.1897 10 14.4857592 -19.068466 405713.990 252098.986 11.6436 11 14.5182442 -19.249612 405755.534 252124.800 12.0973 12 14.5507931 -19.429416 405795.943 252149.909 12.5510 13 14.5834063 -19.607867 405835.210 252174.308 13.0046 14 14.6160843 -19.784948 405873.327 252197.993 13.4581 15 14.6488274 -19.960646 405910.288 252220.960 13.9115 16 14.6816361 -20.134946 405946.085 252243.203 14.3649 17 14.7145108 -20.307835 405980.711 252264.718 14.8182 18 14.7474517 -20.479298 406014.157 252285.501 15.2714 19 14.7804594 -20.649322 406046.418 252305.547 15.7245 20 14.8135340 -20.817891 406077.484 252324.850 16.1776 21 14.8466758 -20.984992 406107.349 252343.408 16.6305 22 14.8798852 -21.150610 406136.004 252361.213 17.0835 23 14.9131625 -21.314732 406163.443 252378.263 17.5363 24 14.9465078 -21.477344 406189.656 252394.551 17.9891 25 14.9799214 -21.638430 406214.637 252410.073 18.4418 26 15.0134036 -21.797978 406238.377 252424.825 18.8945 27 15.0469544 -21.955973 406260.869 252438.801 19.3471 28 15.0805742 -22.112401 406282.103 252451.995 19.7997 ======================================================================
DE405 Lunar Ephemeris Calculator - v2.95 - A PHP Astronomy Program by Jay Tanner
Revised:
2022 August 27 at 12:46:14 AM Saturday